Throwing club "i ula drisia" ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3037490

Description

wood, slightly shiny brown patina, delicate shaft, heavy bowl-shaped clubs head, banded decor with zigzag ornaments, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of usage;
every Fidjian man would wear at least one “ula” thrust through his waistband, sometime in pairs like pistols. In 1884 the Reverend Thomas Williams pointed out the throwing club was a favourite murder and assassination weapon mainly because it was such a part of everyday dress that it did not arouse or excite any suspicion.

The object Throwing club “i ula drisia” with the object ID 3037490 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 50 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 472, ill. 545